Means for repairing screens



April 16, 1935;. F. E. TUCKER 1,998,033 7 MEANS FOR REPAIRING SCREENSFiled Sept. 18, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor l rresiflicw i AttorneyApril 16, 1935. F. E. TUCKER MEANS FOR REPAIRING SCREENS Filed Sept. 18,1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Patented Apr. 16, 1935 UNITED, STATESMEANS FOR REPAIRING SCREENS Forrest E. Tucker, Berthold, N. Dak.

Application September 18,1934, Serial No. 744,572 7 4 Claims.

The present invention relates to means for repairing screens that is thewire mesh used in ment of parts as will hereinafterbe more fully 15described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a screen showingmy device attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the device.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation thereof.

Figure 4 is an edge elevation of the device.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through the device taken substantially onthe line 55 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line6-6 of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the frame of the device, and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the strip.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the frame isformed from a single strand of resilient wire bent to provide acircularlike bight portion 5 the ends of which merge to substantiallyspaced parallel coextensive arms 6 which merge into convolutes l and theconvolutes I merge into pin extensions 8 the terminals of which are bentoutwardly as indicatedat 9. The convolutes 1 tension the pin likeextensions 8 toward the body or bight of the frame.

The ends 9 are bent outwardly to facilitate the engagement of the framewith the mesh wire of the screen. In order to strengthen the device astrip as shown in Figure 8 has its ends bent over upon itself asindicated at H particularly in Figure 6 about the arms 6. Wire mesh I2is soldered or otherwise fixed to the body or bight and the armsfi ofthe frame.

This device may be manufactured in'various sizes. When there is a holein the screen or the like the pin like extensions are inserted throughthe mesh wire above thehole so that the mesh wire l2 covers the hole asillustrated to advantage in Figure 1.

It is thought that the construction, utility and advantages of thisinvention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this artwithout a moredetailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has 5 been described inconsiderable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since inactual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and theabove description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in'the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed is: V

1. A device of the class described comprising a frame formed from asingle strand of wire bent to provide an open body having a pair of pinlike members extending there-alongside and mesh wire across the body. v

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame formed from asingle strand of wire bent to provide an open body having a pair of pinlike members extending there-alongside and mesh wire acrossthe body, thepin like members being connected with the body by means of convolutesstressed to urge the pin like members toward the body.

3. A device of the class described comprising a frame formed from asingle strand of wirebent to provide an open body having a pair of pinlike members extending there-alongside and mesh wire across the body,the pin like members being connected with the body by means ofconvolutes stressed to urge the pin like members toward the body, saidpin like members terminating in outwardly disposed curved terminals.

4. A device of the class described comprising a frame formed from asingle strand of wire bent to provide an open body having a pair of pinlike members extending there-alongside and mesh wire across the body,the pin like members being connected with the body by means ofconvolutes stressed to urge the pin like members .toward the body, saidpin like members terminating in outwardly disposed curved terminals, astrengthen-Q ing strip across the body and engaged therewith. 5O

FORREST E. TUCKER.

